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...much of his own experiences went into The Hucksters, currently soaring past 750,000 copies, was anybody's guess. Although Wakeman insisted that his fantastic, domineering Evan Evans was a fictional "composite," the resemblances to George Hill seemed more than coincidental. Like Evans, Mr. Hill is fond of wearing a hat in his office. His alltime Hit Parade favorite is a slam-bang version of Over There (a tune which delighted Mr. Evans). Like Mr. Evans, whose slogan was "Love that Soap," Hill believes in irritating and ear-shattering repetition. Some American Tobacco plugs: "Herbert Tareyton is back...
Benito Mussolini's wife & daughter, granted amnesty by the new Italian Republic, were now technically on the loose. But they were in no hurry to go anywhere. Daughter Edda Mussolini Ciano, who had grown fond of her "haven" on Lipari Island, hoped for a passport to Argentina, meanwhile talked about moving to Lucca instead of to her husband's native Leghorn, which might prove to be "too hot for the Ciano family." Donna Rachele Mussolini, Benito's widow, stayed right where she was-on the island of Ischia...
...Miami doctor, was positively not capable of muscling back into Chicago (as rumor had him). In fact, he was not capable of any thing much: paretic Al patted tennis balls into a net, was "probably unaware" of world events. Summarized the doctor brilliantly: "He's very fond of chewing...
Died. General Jorge Ubico, 67, Guatemala's efficient, undersized, Napoleon-complexed dictator-President (1931-44), who balanced the budget and produced a little but not too much prosperity ("If the people have money they'll kick me out"), and was fond of showing his boxing prowess by beating up his Cabinet members (with armed guards present); after long illness; in New Orleans...
...highly unlikely that Mr. King, who is fond of reading the Bible, had read Bernard Clare; and he has nothing to do with censorship. The book had been banned by David Sim, an able official of the Customs and Excise department who detests the censorship phase...